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Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1996
Description
One of the distinguished comic dramatist's more somber plays, this entertaining allegory examines apathy, confusion and lack of purpose as causes of major world problems, with larger-than-life characters representing the evils of the modern world.
5) Arcadia
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
1993
Description
"In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sit Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the '500 acres inclusive of lake' where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the 'picturesque' Gothic style: 'everything but vampires', as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later." "Bernard...
6) Othello
Series
The plays of William Shakespeare volume Vol. VI
Publisher
distributed by Kultur
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Shakespeare's tragedy about passion and jealousy, in which the Moor is driven to murder his innocent bride.
Series
The plays of William Shakespeare volume Vol. VIII
Publisher
distributed by Kultur
Pub. Date
2001
Description
The story of the courtship of a beautiful but sharp-tempered woman and her persistent suitor.
8) The tempest
Series
The plays of William Shakespeare volume Vol. IX
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Shakespeare's play of the shipwrecked Prospero and Miranda staged as seen in the 16th century.
Series
The plays of William Shakespeare volume Vol. V
Publisher
distributed by Kultur
Pub. Date
2001
Description
A roguish seducer plots to entice potentially unfaithful wives to live off them.
10) Coriolanus
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2016, 2003
Description
A proud Roman general conquers the Volscians, leads them against Rome in revenge for his banishment, and is killed by the Volscian general when Coriolanus is persuaded to spare the city.
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Pub. Date
2009
Description
In Derbyshire, a large house plays host to two scholars from the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively. In 1809, Thomasina Coverly, a young disregarded girl, develops ingenious and unheard-of mathematical formulas. In 1989, Hannah Jarvis, a young writer, begins to investigate the history of the house's former occupants, including a recent squatter.
16) King Lear
Series
The plays of William Shakespeare volume Vol. II
Publisher
Century Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Description
An old king prematurely divides his kingdom among his 3 daughters.
18) As you like it
Author
Formats
Description
Unjustly deposed by his younger brother, the rightful duke retreats to the Forest of Arden and forms a utopia with his loyal followers while his daughter remains at court as a companion to her cousin. When forbidden romance enters their lives, the girls assume disguises and flee to the forest, where they encounter a magical world of friendly outlaws and wise fools. Both a lighthearted comedy and a deeper exploration of social and literary issues,...
19) Macbeth
Series
The plays of William Shakespeare volume Vol. IV
Publisher
distributed by Kultur
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Shakespeare's tragedy about greed and ambition, and a man driven to murder to gain a kingdom, only to meet his death.
20) Othello
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Othello appoints Cassio as his chief lieutenant, arousing the jealosy of Iago, who conspires to undo them both. Iago tells Othello that his wife, the beautiful Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio.
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